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Chapter 17

Peripheral Analyze Order (PAO)

A PAO (Peripheral Analyze Order) file contains a list of HDL files that are needed for

synthesis, and defines the analyze order for compilation.

The STYLE option in the MPD with the values of MIX or HDL identify the core as having

a PAO file.

This chapter contains the following sections:

x “PAO Format”

x “PAO Example”

PAO Format

Use the following format:

lib library hdl_file_basename

Library specifies the unique library for the peripheral, and HDL file names are specified

without a file extension. All names are in lower-case.

PlatGen enforces a lower-case convention when resolving library/peripheral names in the

PAO.

If your peripheral requires a certain version of a library, then the library name is given with

the version appended. For example, if you request version 1.00.a, then the library name is:

library_name

_v1_00_a

Comments

You can insert comments without disrupting processing. The following are guidelines for

inserting comments:

x Precede comments with the pound sign (#)

x Comments can continue to the end of the line

x Comments can be anywhere on the line

PAO Example

The following is an example PAO file:

lib common_v1_00_a common_types_pkg

lib common_v1_00_a pselect

lib opb_gpio_v1_00_a gpio_core

lib opb_gpio_v1_00_a opb_gpio